List of historical regions of Central Europe
There are many historical regions of Central Europe. For the purpose of this list, Central Europe is defined as the area contained roughly within the south coast of the Baltic Sea, the Elbe River, the Alps, the Danube River, the Black Sea and the Dnepr River.
Note that these regions come from different time periods – from medieval to modern era – and may often overlap. National borders have been drawn across those regions multiple times over centuries so usually they cannot be assigned to any specific nation. The list below indicates which present-day states control the whole or a part of each of the listed regions.
Key (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2):
AT - Austria, BG - Bulgaria, BY - Belarus, CZ - Czech Republic, DE - Germany, HR - Croatia, HU - Hungary, IT - Italy, LT - Lithuania, MD - Moldova, PL - Poland, RU - Russian Federation, RO - Romania, RS - Serbia, SK - Slovakia, SI - Slovenia, UA - Ukraine
Regions
- Austria
- Lower Austria (AT)
- Upper Austria (AT)
- Austrian Littoral (Primorska) (IT, SI, HR)
- Bačka (RS, HU)
- Banat (RO, RS, HU)
- Baranya (HU, HR)
- Bavaria (DE)
- Franconia (DE)
- Bavarian Swabia (DE)
- Bohemia (CZ)
- Klodzko Land (PL)
- Egerland (CZ, DE)
- Brandenburg (DE, PL)
- Altmark (DE)
- Mittelmark (DE)
- Neumark (PL)
- Prignitz (DE)
- Uckermark (DE)
- Burgenland (AT)
- Carinthia (AT, SI)
- Carniola (SI)
- Inner Carniola (SI)
- Lower Carniola (SI)
- White Carniola (SI)
- Windic March (SI)
- Upper Carniola (SI)
- Croatia proper (HR)
- Civil Croatia (HR)
- Croatian Littoral (HR)
- Croatian Highlands (HR)
- Međimurje (HR)
- Morlachia (HR)
- Dalmatia (HR)
- Dobruja (RO, BG)
- Northern Dobruja (RO)
- Southern Dobruja (BG)
- Friuli (IT)
- Gorizia and Gradisca (IT, SI)
- Carnia (IT)
- Galicia (PL, UA)
- Jazygia (HU)
- Kunság (Cumania) (HU)
- Greater Cumania (HU)
- Little Cumania (HU)
- Istria (HR, SI)
- Kuyavia (PL)
- Lithuania
- Aukštaitija (LT)
- Central Lithuania (LT, BY)
- Samogitia (LT)
- Lithuania Minor (Prussian Lithuania) (LT, RU)
- Lubusz Land (DE, PL)
- Lusatia (DE, PL)
- Lower Lusatia (DE, PL)
- Upper Lusatia (DE, PL)
- Masovia (PL)
- Masuria (PL)
- Moldavia (MD, RO, UA)
- Bessarabia (MD, UA)
- Bukovina (RO, UA)
- Hertza (UA)
- Moravia (CZ)
- Podlasie (BY, PL)
- Podolia (UA)
- Greater Poland (PL)
- Lesser Poland (PL)
- Podhale (PL)
- Polesie (BY, PL, UA)
- Pomerania (PL, DE)
- Pomerelia (Eastern Pomerania) (PL)
- Farther Pomerania (PL)
- Hither Pomerania (DE, PL)
- Prekmurje (SI)
- Prussia (PL, DE, RU)
- Duchy of Prussia (RU, PL)
- East Prussia (PL, RU)
- Sambia (RU)
- Netze District (PL)
- New East Prussia (PL)
- Royal Prussia (PL)
- South Prussia (PL)
- West Prussia (PL)
- Ruthenia (PL, UA, BY)
- White Ruthenia or Belarus (BY)
- Black Ruthenia (BY)
- Carpathian Ruthenia (UA)
- Red Ruthenia (UA, PL)
- Saxony (DE)
- Meissenland (DE)
- Osterland (DE)
- Pleissnerland (DE)
- Vogtland (DE)
- Silesia (PL, DE, CZ)
- Lower Silesia (PL, CZ, DE)
- Upper Silesia (PL, CZ)
- Czech Silesia (Austrian Silesia) (CZ, PL)
- Cieszyn Silesia (PL, CZ)
- Hlučínsko (CZ)
- Slavonia (HR)
- Spiš (SK)
- Styria (AT, SI)
- Lower Styria (SI)
- Upper Styria (AT)
- Sudovia (LT, PL, BY)
- Syrmia (RS, HR)
- Thuringia (DE)
- Transdanubia (HU)
- Swabian Turkey (HU)
- Transnistria (MD, UA)
- Transylvania (RO)
- Burzenland (RO)
- Crişana (RO)
- Maramureş (RO)
- Northern Transylvania (RO)
- Nösnerland (RO)
- Partium (RO)
- Székelyföld (RO)
- Tyrol (IT, AT)
- North Tyrol (AT)
- East Tyrol (AT)
- South Tyrol (IT)
- Trentino (IT)
- Vojvodina (RS)
- Volhynia (UA)
- Lodomeria (UA)
- Wallachia (RO)
- Warmia (RU, PL)
- White Croatia (CZ, PL, SK)
- Yedisan (UA)
See also
- States of Austria
- Austria-Hungary
- Subdivisions of Belarus
- Regions of the Czech Republic
- States of Germany
- List of historic counties of Hungary
- Regions of Lithuania
- Polish historical regions
- Voivodeships of Poland
- Historical regions of Romania
- List of traditional regions of Slovakia
- Historical regions of Ukraine